The Pickett Fire near Calistoga in Napa County jumped by more than 1,800 acres Saturday to 6,531 acres, or more than six times the size of Golden Gate Park.
Cal Fire said containment increased to 11%, from 7% earlier in the day.
Additional evacuations were ordered Saturday afternoon as more than 1,200 fire personnel continued to battle the wildfire.
The new evacuations orders, according to Alert Napa Valley, were for three zones:
- POP-E001A, west of Butts Canyon, north of Pope Valley Road and East of Aetna Springs Lane.
- NPA E107-B, west of Aetna Mine Road, north of Aetna Springs Road and east of Oat Hill Mine Road, in the Cedar Canyon area.
- NPA E108-A, west of Aetna Springs Lane, north of Aetna Springs Road, east of Aetna Mine Road and south of James Creek creek bed.
In addition, James Creek Road was closed at Butts Canyon Road, according to Alert Napa Valley.
The fire started northeast of Calistoga at 2343 Pickett Road about 3 p.m. Thursday. By Saturday morning, Cal Fire said the size of the fire was 4,690 acres, with 7% contained. For comparison, Golden Gate Park covers 1,017 acres.
In addition to 1,230 personnel, 80 engines, 35 hand crews, seven helicopters, 29 dozers and 23 water tenders were committed to the fight, according to Cal Fire.
The following zones were previously issued mandatory evacuation orders: POP-E001-B, POP-E002-C, NPA-E114, NPA-E115, NPA-E120, NPA-E121-C, NPA-E122-B.
The following zones remained under evacuation warnings, which means those areas could be ordered to evacuate at any time: NPA-E107-A, NPA-E121-A, NPA-E122-A, POP-E002-B and ANG-E001.Click here for a map of evacuation zones.
Source: NBC Bay Area
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